sal Sue ) ie is) a a) oe toe fia thon Na wei ie eal ap si 4 2 J | j ; ; ) | | | : ice | fo} a 7 | OR vs fy J / “? ; \ : | er 5 as "ts: THE PONTIAC PRESS & : 4 ‘ ‘ is Q ‘ Ae . 14th YEAR .. * *& *& * PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1956—68 PAGES | "UT rane. DuTeE raze Puotos Te Tornado Victims * ackle Chore i. 13 Firemen Hurt in Factory Fire Six Killed in Bro A semana. 3: at Charles J. In- lapsed during a roaring blaze|fosino, 4. to Eight men, . including | Petronelli; acting chief of the NEW YORK (#—~A wall cal- _ which gutted a Bronx factory building last night. Six firemen “were crushed to death and 13 others were injured. Fire Commissioner Edward Cav-) anagh Jr.,.struck by a flying brick, saw six of his men buried under an avalanche of debris. Five died as they reached a hospital. The sixth man died a few minutes later. The five-alarm blaze broke out) shortly after 8 p.m. in the base- ment of a one-story, 40-by-80-foot brick structure occupied by an artificial flower manufacturing firm. Firemen fought for 344 hours to put it out. . The crashing wall cut power lines. and snuffed out street lights. Some 60 firemen battled on-«in darkness and choking smoke. Cavanagh, saying the fire took the worst toll of lives in the de- partment in 24 years, ordered an immediate investigation. Firemen were scrambling up half a dozen ladders hoisted against the 25-foot-high roof when someone yelled “Watch it!" elear and brought a large section, of the wall with it. Then the enfire! front wall went down. MARQUEE GIVES WAY | Ladders were heaved outward as the marquee gave way. firemen were thrown to compara- , BRONX FACTORY FIRE — Firemen battle m | Bronx factory fire last night after collapse of wall which killed six | firemen and injured 13 others. Fire Commiss _famped clear. | Jr., was struck by a falling brick and Acti Joseph O'Keefe said he| Nell, standing with Cavanagh, received a b nx Blaze bones, lacerations, bruises (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4) ar Wirephote ultiple-alarm joner Edward Cavanagh ng Chief Antonio Petro- roken leg. 15 feet up a ladder when he| a warning cry. He looked) saw the wall sway, and his; was tossed outward. O'Keefe was flung clear, suf- it | , and Arthur Hanson, | 4 Others killed were Lt. John F Molloy, 44, and firemen Edward , 4, Frederick J. ~ Detroit Pair Murder ~ Case Set in Mexico MEXICO CITY @—Two men from the United States were in Ciudad Victoria today to stand trial! in the mutilation slaying of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Kennison of Detroit. * * * Police said William Shelton and) Joseph O’Brien, both 37, confessed the killings. The bodies of. the Kennisons, in Mexico on a hunting trip, were found March 17 ‘about 15 miles from Victoria. They had been staying at a motel managed by Shelton and O’Brien. The two men disappeared after the killings but were captured here last Saturday. oy | They both claim only Shelton) was present when the Kennisons| were shot. Shelton claimed he _suffered a mental blackout at the, When captured the pair denied | knowledge of the killings. said they. made~statements after, seeing Kennison’s checkbook, found | in Shelton’s station wagon. | . 5 Police ologists expressed Not Candidate, VanDusen dys Pri Htc Representative of Third District State Représentative Richard C. VanDusen (R-Birmingham) said VanDusen, appeirtéd